Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 657 · 40 questions

Tip (Show, don’t pad): Include: contact details (mobile, email, city), education and marks, skills, projects, activities and clubs, awards, languages, volunteer work. Leave out: bank details, your Aadhaar number, passwords, party selfies, other people’s marks, long life stories and anything made up. One page, one plain font; be ready to explain every line with a short example.

1. 1.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) awards and prizes (c) your Aadhaar number (d) school and marks
5. 5.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
7. 7.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) debate club secretary (c) a mobile number (d) Class 10 board: 88%
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) awards and prizes
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
16. 16.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
21. 21.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) built a rain gauge model (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) skills like typing
25. 25.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) ten pages
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a mobile number (d) debate club secretary
34. 34.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
37. 37.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) B.Com first year (d) built a rain gauge model
38. 38.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
39. 39.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a mobile number (d) debate club secretary
40. 40.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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